unwired

English

Etymology 1

From un- +‎ wired.

Adjective

unwired (not comparable)

1. Not wired.
2. (rail transport) Of an unelectrified line or route, without overhead wiring to supply current to electric trains via pantographs.
   • 2024 May 1, Philip Haigh, “Network News: RIA argues for battery electrics to replace diesel trains”, in RAIL, number 1008, page 10:

     Clarke said that this 'total cost' approach should be used across unwired routes in combination with route profit and loss figures from the Great British Railways Transition Team, to give a more rounded picture of costs and benefits.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

unwired

1. simple past and past participle of unwire

Anagrams

• unweird